Executive Director

Ann has lived in Las Vegas since 1977 and began her career in the real estate field, then hospitality and later in design. In 1987, Ann created Parenti & Associates, a firm that provides design products to the architectural and design trade and she still operates that business today. In addition to this, in 2007 Ann followed a passion she had for music and art and created Forgotten Song Music, LLC. Also being a singer/songwriter, in 2007 she produced a CD called As Promised. During the journey, in 2015 a project Midnight Muse – Las Vegas – Milestones in Music was born. That project included a book, CD and film based on the last 50 years of live music in Las Vegas.

In 2015, Forgotten Song Foundation was also created. This is a 501c3 organization dedicated to supporting music and arts. The foundation was awarded two generous grants from the City of Las Vegas’ Centennial Grant commission and these grants helped consummate the Midnight Muse project. To this day, you can find the film on Amazon Prime and other networks. The film originally premiered on PSB-Las Vegas. In 2019, Forgotten Song Music co-produced a CD called Las Vegas Suite in collaboration with Nathan Tanouye, Clint Holmes, Carolyn Freeman and Rob Case. Chic Compass, a magazine dedicated to culture and art, is published under the Forgotten Song Music umbrella. Chic Compass was created in 2018. In 2020, the Podcast Chic Compass Connection launched to give the magazine a voice behind the magazine. When Ann married Curtis McCoy in 1996, she inherited 3 delightful step-daughters and later 3 fabulous sons-in-law and currently has 7 grandchildren between the 3 daughters and their families. Curtis and Ann have enjoyed watching the grandkids grow into very talented young adults.